PlaceShapers members feature heavily in 24housing's Power Players list

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Leaders from members of the PlaceShapers group have featured prominently in 24housing magazine's 2014 Power Players Top 50 list.

The national body of over 100 housing associations has eight people in the top 50, and 12 in the top 30 chief executives.

Pride of place goes to PlaceShapers’ chair and chief executive of South Yorkshire HA, Tony Stacey, who is ranked 3rd overall (up from 13th place in the past two years) and is the highest placed housing CEO.

Two more PlaceShapers are in the top 10 overall: Julia Unwin, CEO of Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust, in 7th (up from 23 last year); and new entrant Steve Stride, CEO of Poplar Harca and this year’s CIH vice-president, in 9th.

Geeta Nanda, chief executive of Thames Valley Housing, remains firmly in the overall top 50 (17th) - and she and Julia are PlaceShapers’ two out of the five top women on the list.

Nick Atkin (Halton), Matthew Walker (Leeds Federated) and Peter Walls (Gentoo) retain their places in the top 50 overall and are joined by new entrant Lisa Pickard of Leeds & Yorkshire HA.

Responding to the news, Tony Stacey said: “I am immensely proud of the strong showing by PlaceShapers in the 2014 Power Players lists which once more demonstrates just how our message about community focus and social value has struck a chord.

"To achieve such a high personal standing is of course an honour and I thank all those who voted for me for their support and confidence. PlaceShapers without doubt has growing influence and it is fabulous to see so many of our inspiring leaders also recognised individually. These are tough times and visionary leadership matters more than ever.”

The full Power Players Top 50 list can be read in the latest issue of 24housing, out now.